Adolescents and adults develop interpersonal relationship skills after committing to abstinence. They meet in group with 2-3 co-therapists weekly for deeper recovery. While everyone in the group must be actively working on an abstinence-based lifestyle, our roles must remain as therapists--not "relapse police". We take care not to contradict the 12 Step Program, but clients choose their personal social support, self-responsibility and relationship rebuilding path. Lttle group time is on drinking and drug use--but we offer individual therapy for client self assessment, recovery education and training about social support groups.

This group is for women who have experienced sexual victimization prior to the age of 14 [before high school identity formation]. All members are strongly encouraged to be in at least 2 times monthly individual therapy. This is a trauma-focused treatment process, using non-confrontive existential-humanistic counseling with 2-3 co-therapists. Two female therapists lead the 90-minute group. Dr. Moore is present for an hour. Many women had counseling or therapy without enough trauma focus to relieve anxiety and/or restore comfortable sexual activities. Group members are supportive without giving advice or interpreting others' personal history.